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Your passions?: learning, technology, surfing, chocolate

About Me:: Ireland-based e-learning consultant and instructional designer. I create a wide variety of interactive learning content. I'm really interested in language e-learning. And would like to finish my novel before books become obsolete.

Website:: http://www.liquidelearning.com

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Great Article on How to design GUIs that work with Learner's brains

Been v busy recently, so not getting to blog so much. I've been reading lots about how the brain works and how we can train the brain to work better (and feel millions better)...

Check out

http://www.liquidelearning.com/2007/11/guis-that-work-with-how-learners-brains.html#links

for a link to the v interesting article.

And have a peaceful/busy/joyous/manical… Continue

Posted on December 18th, 2007 at 3:47am — 4 Comments (Add)

Interactive Incentives - Rewarding Work and Learning

Hiyas,

Wrote a post on some interesting interactive incentive games I've had a look at...I'm thinking we could introduce some pretty cool incentive schemes for learners too!

http://www.liquidelearning.com/2007/10/interactive-incentives-rewarding-work.html#links

Check it out and let me know what you think :)

chelle

Posted on October 5th, 2007 at 7:28am — 8 Comments (Add)

left-brain, right-brain, somewhere-in-between-brain

I've blogged on the whole left-brain/right-brain divide at www.liquidelearning.com...let me know if you have any thoughts on the topic. Thanks a million/go raibh míle maith agat!

Posted on July 19th, 2007 at 1:16am — 1 Comment (Add)

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At 8:42am on July 26th, 2007, Jane Hart said…: Michelle

How's your list coming along. My collection of Top 10 lists is growing and I'd like to add yours too it!

Jane

At 4:39am on July 25th, 2007, Andy Jones said…: Finally got round to reading your left/right brain blog post. Your honesty and openness is refreshing - thank you. To be honest, it's motivated me more because you obviously are.

At 6:21am on July 24th, 2007, Andy Jones said…: Challenge is on - first person to get a video capture of delegates doing some instructed activity (I like the bear emerging from hiberation) wins... erm... something. Maybe.

At 11:50am on July 20th, 2007, Dominic Atkinson said…: Got to be the stories, every time...hope the stats back that bold statement up :-)

At 4:16pm on July 19th, 2007, Andy Jones said…: Hi Michelle,

I like the info about the blood flow. Makes me want to include "jump up and move around" interactions. Can you see that working? I once managed to get a class full of hardened techies doing star jumps but that was back in the day of classrooms and travel!

Final thing - what's your novel about?

At 3:29am on July 17th, 2007, Jane Hart said…: Hi Michelle

Hope you'll be able to contribute to my Top 10 Tools feature

At 10:20am on July 13th, 2007, Dominic Atkinson said…: Hi Michelle, got to say I like your blog. Some entertaining posts, particularly like your keyboard skills story.

At 12:06pm on July 8th, 2007, Michelle Gallen said…: I don't feel so lonely anymore ;)

At 11:54pm on July 7th, 2007, Jay Cross said…: This sounds so sad, "Michelle Gallen doesn't have any friends on this social network yet." I'll see what we can do about that.

At 2:45am on July 6th, 2007, Michelle Gallen said…: Thanks for the comment here and on my blog! Been posting on a wide range of stuff recently, although I think from the Autumn I'll be getting back to focussing on language learning.